I have dilemma about choosing something like dac or usb sound card. I want to listen music on headphones grado sr80i and denon hp dn500. here are two devices and my dilemma which to choose http://www.player.rs/product.php?ID=4832 http://www.player.rs/product.php?ID=1111 can any of...

AudioQuest Dragonfly Review : Affordable, Outstanding, Tiny DAC / Amp   (above) The AudioQuest Dragonfly USB DAC/amp, uncapped, with its included drawstring carry pouch.     Is that a USB DAC/amp combo in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? In the case of the new...

Any thoughts on what would be a good dac for my combination? I owned a little dot dac 1 but it just did not seem to bring out the best in my headphones. I would not say the sky is the limit for price but I want to get something that will do justice to my woo audio amp. Any help is appreciated.

I think it would be interesting to know how many dedicated DACs (not including iPods, laptops, etc., of course) people here have in their homes, as well as how many DACs they've owned in their lives. Any quantitative data (and qualitative impressions, too) are welcome!

Such as Beyer DT-770 600ohm?

I'm currently using a Xonar Essence ST + M-Stage + AH-D5000 combination that I'm looking to improve. I'm thinking of adding a separate DAC and still keep the Essence ST as a low jitter source. Still, the Essence ST is fairly good.  I've been looking at Audio-GD NFB 3 and Schiit Bifrost, but do I...

I currently use 5g Ipod > LOD > RSA Tomahawk > Senn HD650 at work. I have decided that I want to upgrade my source. I don't care one bit about portability, so I plan on bringing in an old netbook that sits unused to host all of my music in FLAC. I still plan on using the Tomahawk and HD650, I...

MATRIX M-STAGE DAC   Searching here and there and without any chance to find something i got in www.matrix-digi.com and found this: MATRIX M-STAGE DAC         In and outs:      Some of the guts: XD     Seems a good companion for the M-Stage amplifier  ...

Hey Head-Fi. Haven't seen y'all for a while. Anyways, my E7 is essentially useless, loose ports and the LOD not working, which is forcing me to use my computer's soundcard. I'm looking for a new DAC to replace the E7, possibly an ODAC or something similar. My price range for the DAC is 100-200...

Hey guys,   I'm looking for a cheap (semi-)portable DAC combined with headphone amp. It needs to have digital in (optical SPDIF). USB is welcome too, but digital in is more important.   FiiO E17 si quite well reviewed and I'm considering it, but now I found Audiotrak Maya U5.   An...

I just bought an emotiva dac. Still havent decided what amp and speaker, probably emotiva's too.   What kind of cables and wire do people use for components in my price range?

I have pretty nice cables everywhere else, but I just got a nice dac and would like something better than what I had lying around to connect the dac to the pc. Would like to spend say $30-$50 bucks.   thanks...

Hello, I've been hanging around the forums for some time now and have encountered a problem I can't quite find a solution for, I am purchasing a maverick d2 DAC and some swan M200MkIi speakers, I have an infinity sub, was replaced by a klipsch in my home theater but I would like to use it with...

So, I have a weird question.  How to make sure that my standalone DAC is doing the sound processing, and not just sending the signal that it receives from the PC to my amplifier unchanged?   My chain looks like this:    PC -----coaxial--->  Musical Fidelity M1DAC    -----rca-----> amp  ...

I've been fairly happy with the budget speaker system I put together for computer audio with the help of this forum:   Lossless music on iMac --> Musical Fidelity V-DAC (with Pangea P-100 power supply) via optical --> powered Audioengine A2s   Now I'd like to put together a headphone...

I have bought the Sennheiser HD598 and I'm using it combined with the integrated sound card on my motherboard. I want to buy an external soundcard or DAC since I'm already using all of my PCI/PCI-E slots. The furthest I am willing to go is around 100USD unless there is some significantly better...

1. HRT music streamer ll + older version 2010 (at around £150)   2. Dacmagic 100 (£200)   3. Teac UD-H01 (£200)   im only going to be using it for usb pc music out to amp using wasapi foobar   any opinions on the 3 listed?   many thanks

Hi,   I am planning to get the D1 Audioengine (DAC), my source is macbook and will use AKG K550 headphone. Will I notice any difference? Do I need a DAC?   I tried fiio E7 with T50P BUT no improvement at all, can anybody explain?   Do u recommend another DAC?   Thanks

I really like my current Calyx DAC but with the way my system is expanding and changing I think the 903 would be a better fit.    I'd rather not have to buy one to hear it, and I don't want to sell/trade my Calyx until I hear it.    Basically, I'm wondering if there's anyone around Texas...

If I'm using th iPad I won't need the Dac as much as the amp right. Could you help me out here? I want it to be portable And cheap But to be able to get some changes,

As I was searching for a good amp/ dac, I decided to save myself the trouble of picking between numerous options and get an O2 amp/ dac.    Now I have to choose between JDS Lab variant and the EHP variant. I can only see the rear view of the former...

  I am looking for a USB to SPDIF converter to use with a Metrum Octave DAC.  The primary ones under consideration are:   1.  JKSPDIF Mk III ($460) 2.  Audiophilleo 2 with Pure Power ($999) 5.  Wavelength Audio WaveLink ($900)   The configuration would be computer->USB to...

I'm just curious what's out there that's dual mono and stand-alone. I know of MHDT, but that can't be the only option; can it? (I should qualify: I don't want monoblock DACs like Esoteric or those kinds of components; smaller is always better for my rig).

Is this a good one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047MX2F2/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00? thanks in advance.

Review My interest for April Eximus DP1 started because of a combination of reasons. First of all, the introduction of their U3 unit, in an era where the main trend has been to deal with computer audio, and usb-related issues (mainly, jitter rejection, and bitperfect reproduction)...